POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 1, 1979
1

My Sharona (From "Reality Bites")

The Knack

—

Peak: 91 • 4 wks • Prev: 1

1

My Sharona

The Knack

—

Peak: 1 • 22 wks • Prev: 1

2

Good Times

Chic

—

Peak: 1 • 19 wks • Prev: 2

3

The Main Event/Fight

Barbra Streisand

—

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 3

4

After The Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire

—

Peak: 2 • 17 wks • Prev: 4

5

Don't Bring Me Down

Electric Light Orchestra

↑ 1

Peak: 4 • 15 wks • Prev: 6

6

The Devil Went Down To Georgia

The Charlie Daniels Band

↑ 1

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 7

7

Lead Me On

Maxine Nightingale

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 23 wks • Prev: 8

8

Sad Eyes

Robert John

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 10

9

Mama Can't Buy You Love

Elton John

—

Peak: 9 • 18 wks • Prev: 9

10

I'll Never Love This Way Again

Dionne Warwick

↑ 4

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 14

11

Bad Girls

Donna Summer

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 5

12

Lonesome Loser

Little River Band

↑ 7

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 19

13

Suspicions

Eddie Rabbitt

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 15

14

Sail On

Commodores

↑ 9

Peak: 4 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

15

Let's Go

The Cars

↑ 2

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 17

16

Goodbye Stranger

Supertramp

↑ 2

Peak: 15 • 14 wks • Prev: 18

17

When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman

Dr. Hook

↓ 6

Peak: 6 • 25 wks • Prev: 11

18

Hot Summer Nights

Night

↑ 2

Peak: 18 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

19

Rise

Herb Alpert

↑ 15

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 34

20

Heaven Must Have Sent You

Bonnie Pointer

↑ 2

Peak: 11 • 23 wks • Prev: 22

21

Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)

Robert Palmer

↑ 5

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 26

22

Driver's Seat

Sniff 'n' the Tears

↑ 7

Peak: 15 • 15 wks • Prev: 29

23

I Do Love You

GQ

↑ 2

Peak: 20 • 17 wks • Prev: 25

24

Morning Dance

Spyro Gyra

—

Peak: 24 • 15 wks • Prev: 24

25

Born To Be Alive

Patrick Hernandez

↑ 3

Peak: 16 • 19 wks • Prev: 28

26

Highway Song

Blackfoot

↑ 1

Peak: 26 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

27

Cruel To Be Kind

Nick Lowe

↑ 3

Peak: 12 • 15 wks • Prev: 30

28

Different Worlds

Maureen McGovern

↑ 4

Peak: 18 • 16 wks • Prev: 32

29

Ring My Bell

Anita Ward

↓ 17

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 12

30

Oh Well

Rockets

↑ 3

Peak: 30 • 13 wks • Prev: 33

31

Pop Muzik

M

↑ 8

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 39

32

The Boss

Diana Ross

↑ 4

Peak: 19 • 16 wks • Prev: 36

33

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'

Journey

↑ 4

Peak: 16 • 20 wks • Prev: 37

34

You Can't Change That

Raydio

↓ 21

Peak: 9 • 22 wks • Prev: 13

35

Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough

Michael Jackson

↑ 19

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 54

36

What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin'

Stephanie Mills

↑ 10

Peak: 22 • 14 wks • Prev: 46

37

Girl Of My Dreams

Bram Tchaikovsky

↑ 1

Peak: 37 • 12 wks • Prev: 38

38

Saturdaynight

Herman Brood

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 11 wks • Prev: 42

39

Hold On

Triumph

↑ 1

Peak: 38 • 14 wks • Prev: 40

40

Young Blood

Rickie Lee Jones

↑ 1

Peak: 40 • 9 wks • Prev: 41

41

Get It Right Next Time

Gerry Rafferty

↑ 10

Peak: 21 • 13 wks • Prev: 51

42

Makin' It

David Naughton

↓ 11

Peak: 5 • 24 wks • Prev: 31

43

Got To Give In To Love

Bonnie Boyer

↑ 4

Peak: 43 • 8 wks • Prev: 47

44

Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love

Lobo

↑ 4

Peak: 23 • 17 wks • Prev: 48

45

Lady Writer

Dire Straits

—

Peak: 45 • 7 wks • Prev: 45

46

Ain't That A Shame

Cheap Trick

↑ 4

Peak: 35 • 10 wks • Prev: 50

47

Baby I Want You

Funky Communication Committee

↑ 2

Peak: 47 • 10 wks • Prev: 49

48

Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Joe Jackson

↓ 27

Peak: 21 • 15 wks • Prev: 21

49

I Was Made For Lovin' You

KISS

↓ 33

Peak: 11 • 16 wks • Prev: 16

50

Spooky

Atlanta Rhythm Section

↑ 12

Peak: 17 • 14 wks • Prev: 62

51

Children Of The Sun

Billy Thorpe

↑ 4

Peak: 41 • 10 wks • Prev: 55

52

Firecracker

Mass Production

↑ 5

Peak: 43 • 10 wks • Prev: 57

53

Ghost Dancer

Addrisi Brothers

↑ 10

Peak: 45 • 8 wks • Prev: 63

54

Dependin' On You

The Doobie Brothers

↑ 5

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 59

55

I Know A Heartache When I See One

Jennifer Warnes

↑ 5

Peak: 19 • 22 wks • Prev: 60

56

Gone, Gone, Gone

Bad Company

—

Peak: 56 • 6 wks • Prev: 56

57

Dim All The Lights

Donna Summer

↑ 13

Peak: 2 • 21 wks • Prev: 70

58

This Night Won't Last Forever

Michael Johnson

↑ 7

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 65

59

Rolene

Moon Martin

↑ 7

Peak: 30 • 11 wks • Prev: 66

60

Good Friend

Mary Macgregor

↑ 9

Peak: 39 • 12 wks • Prev: 69

61

Midnight Wind

John Stewart

↑ 12

Peak: 28 • 12 wks • Prev: 73

62

Remember (Walking In The Sand)

Louise Goffin

↑ 10

Peak: 43 • 9 wks • Prev: 72

63

Found A Cure

Ashford & Simpson

↑ 14

Peak: 36 • 13 wks • Prev: 77

64

Gold

John Stewart

↓ 29

Peak: 5 • 18 wks • Prev: 35

65

Groove Me

Fern Kinney

↑ 11

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 76

66

Get A Move On

Eddie Money

↑ 15

Peak: 46 • 8 wks • Prev: 81

67

So Good, So Right

Brenda Russell

↑ 11

Peak: 30 • 17 wks • Prev: 78

68

Just Another Night

Ian Hunter

—

Peak: 68 • 6 wks • Prev: 68

69

Best Beat In Town

Switch

↑ 2

Peak: 69 • 8 wks • Prev: 71

70

The Topical Song

The Barron Knights

↑ 4

Peak: 70 • 3 wks • Prev: 74

71

Hot Stuff

Donna Summer

↓ 28

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 43

72

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

Toby Beau

↑ 3

Peak: 57 • 9 wks • Prev: 75

73

Arrow Through Me

Wings

↑ 10

Peak: 29 • 10 wks • Prev: 83

74

Where Will Your Heart Take You

Buckeye

↑ 10

Peak: 63 • 5 wks • Prev: 84

75

I've Got The Next Dance

Deniece Williams

↑ 10

Peak: 73 • 5 wks • Prev: 85

76

Please Don't Go

KC And The Sunshine Band

↑ 10

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 86

77

If You Remember Me

Chris Thompson & Night

↑ 10

Peak: 17 • 19 wks • Prev: 87

78

Street Life

The Crusaders

↑ 10

Peak: 36 • 16 wks • Prev: 88

79

Do It Good

A Taste Of Honey

↑ 1

Peak: 79 • 4 wks • Prev: 80

80

Voulez-Vous

ABBA

★ NEW

Peak: 80 • 3 wks

81

Hold On

Ian Gomm

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 12 wks

82

Good Girls Don't

The Knack

★ NEW

Peak: 11 • 16 wks

83

Must Have Been Crazy

Chicago

★ NEW

Peak: 83 • 5 wks

84

One Fine Day

Rita Coolidge

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 7 wks

85

Hello, Hello, Hello

New England

★ NEW

Peak: 69 • 5 wks

86

Girls Talk

Dave Edmunds

★ NEW

Peak: 65 • 6 wks

87

Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)

Pat Travers

★ NEW

Peak: 56 • 7 wks

88

Sure Know Something

KISS

★ NEW

Peak: 47 • 11 wks

89

Crank It Up (Funk Town) Pt. 1

Peter Brown

↑ 2

Peak: 86 • 6 wks • Prev: 91

90

Come To Me

France Joli

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 16 wks

91

One Way Or Another

Blondie

↓ 47

Peak: 24 • 14 wks • Prev: 44

92

Frederick

Patti Smith Group

↓ 2

Peak: 90 • 3 wks • Prev: 90

93

Totally Hot

Olivia Newton-John

↓ 41

Peak: 52 • 6 wks • Prev: 52

94

You've Got Another Thing Coming

Hotel

↓ 30

Peak: 54 • 8 wks • Prev: 64

95

We Are Family

Sister Sledge

—

Peak: 2 • 19 wks • Prev: 95

96

I Want You To Want Me

Cheap Trick

↓ 35

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 61

97

You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else

The Jones Girls

↓ 30

Peak: 38 • 11 wks • Prev: 67

98

Rock And Roll Dancin'

Beckmeier Brothers

↓ 45

Peak: 53 • 6 wks • Prev: 53

99

This Is Love

Oak

↓ 41

Peak: 58 • 7 wks • Prev: 58

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